Helping Junior High Students With Adhd
In this personal narrative from The New York Times, high-school principal Michael Edwards discusses his journey with ADHD. Edwards credits a sudden decision to join his junior-high track team and a life-long love of running for his ability to transcend his ADHD diagnosis, but he also describes how his parents and teachers helped him through.
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